Hi everyone. So sorry that I update this chapter a week late. Last weekend has a snow storm and I wanted to help clear the path at my house. This chapter will have no action, just talking and a flashback. Anyway, enjoy.

Chapter 37: Sad Tragedy

-Beach-

In the morning, Kai was walking to the beach to visit a cove where his mermaid had died.

'Today is the anniversary when she died... Mitsuaki...' Kai thought.

Dareka ga yasashiku namae wo yonde iru
Watashi no negai wo shite ita you ni

He stopped at the beautiful singing voice and went to see where the voice came from. He saw that sitting on a rock is a petite-looking mermaid with long flowing orange hair and tail. She was looking out in the sunrise until her gaze change direction and met his eyes. Her eyes show a hint of shock for a moment, but then it widen with slight fear. She turned and is about to dived into the water.

"Wait!" Kai exclaimed, but the splashing of the water show that she was gone.

He felt disappointed for he wanted to asked if she was the mermaid who his son loves. If that was truth, then he must thank her for saving Takumi the other day.

-School-

In the school, Seira was about to leave for home when Takumi stopped her.

"Takumi?" Seira called out his name, wondering what he need from her.

"Seira, yesterday... I was saved by the mermaid." he told her.

"The same one that you've met?" Seira questioned. During the days when she would hang around with Takumi, he would tell her about the beautiful mermaid he had encountered many times before.

"Yes." he replied with a hint of excitement.

"Mermaid? Come on Takumi, are you still believing in those fairy tales?" Masumi questioned. Masumi was one of Seira's classmate who was also a friend of Sakura. Seeing that Seira was Sakura's dear friend, Masumi believed that Asuka's lies about her were wrong and eventually become friends with her.

"I think they're real." Seira supported Takumi.

"You too, Seira?" Masumi asked. She left the two alone after Seira nod at her firm answer.

"So... What do you want to ask me?" Seira questioned.

"Can you come to my house today? And meet my dad?" Takumi asked.

"Eh?" Seira was confused.

Why all of a sudden he wants to take her to his house or meet his father? It wasn't that she disagreed with the suggestion, in fact, she would like to go. She never even seen where Takumi lived before, only heard about it.

"I guess I can go..." she trailed off.

"Great! You're going to like it and I'm pretty sure that my dad will like to meet you." Takumi confirmed. "I'll see you at the gate."

"Okay." Seira replied.

-Hallways-

When she went into the hallways, she saw Julie and ran up to her.

"Julie!" Seira called out to her.

"Seira? What are you doing here? Aren't you suppose to be going home?" Julie questioned.

"I-I'm going to Takumi's place for the first time, so..." Seira trailed off.

"I get it. Go." Julie told her.

"Mm." Seira smiled as she turned in the other direction

Today, Sakura was not in school because Akari needed her for some something. She didn't say why, but it prevented Sakura from going to school. That means that Seira doesn't have to worry about her and can be free to visit Takumi's house.

-Yoshiro Mansion-

When Takumi opened the gates to his "house", Seira was struck in awe.

"You live here?" Seira questioned.

"Yes, if you recall, my dad is a famous director in plays. He earned a lot and decided to buy a mansion that was close to the beach. The truth is, he bought it because his mermaid once told him that she'd love to live in it. I guess my dad promised her and bought it to honor her wish when she told him to start a new life, before she turned into bubbles." Takumi explained.

"I see..." Seira trailed off.

"Come in." he told her as they both entered the door. "I'm home, dad. And I brought a friend."

"Hello." Kai came down the stairs. He had brown hair and eyes. He was wearing a white shirt and dark pants. His slippers were on his feet which was covered by his white socks. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Kai Yoshiro." he shook hands with Seira. When he got a closer look, he realized that the girl was the same mermaid he saw this morning. He also notice the orange shall pedant that is hanging around her neck. It was similar to the spirit of the Red Mermaid Princess who visited him a couple of months ago.

"Seira Misaki." Seira introduce as she took his hand and shook it.

"I'll leave you two alone. I have to go for practice." Takumi told the two as he head upstairs to change.

"How do you feel about tea?" Kai asked.

"I don't mind if we have some." Seira replied.

"I'm going out." Takumi yelled as he head out the door, dressed in his soccer uniform.

With the two now alone, Kai gestured Seira to sit in a couch while he get the tea.

"You know, Misaki-" he was cut off.

"Please, call my Seira." Seira insisted.

"Seira-chan, I know that you're the mermaid who save my son." Kai finished as he pour the tea. "And that pendant around your neck means you are a princess."

Seira became tensed as she looked at the man with a worried look on her face.

"Don't be alarm, Seira-chan. I have no intention of telling Takumi nor anyone. I don't want your fate to be the same as her."

"Okay. Ano... How did you know that I was a Mermaid Princess?" Seira questioned.

"A Red Mermaid Princess once told me about you, though she never told me your name." Kai answered.

"Julie did?" Seira was surprised.

"Julie? That's her name?" Kai asked. Seira gave a small nod. "I'll have to see her sometime. She told me that when we meet, we'll talk about her."

"Her?" Seira questioned.

"My mermaid, Mitsuaki." Kai answered as he took a sip from his cup of tea. "I've heard a lot about you from Takumi."

"From Takumi?" Seira questioned.

"Yes, he would talk about you every time he'd come home." Kai told her.

"Ano... Can you tell me... About you and Mitsuaki?" Seira asked.

"Sure."

-Past (at least 30 years ago, narrated by Kai)-

I met Mitsuaki when I was about 20 years old. Back then, I didn't know her until one day, I saw her got trapped under a net. How she got trapped, I did not know, but by the way she was struggling and becoming desperate to be free, I think some sailors were trying to catch food and she got caught in it, mistaken as food. When she first saw me, she was afraid. I guess that's because being trapped in a net, you might feel that. For me, at the sight of her made me fell in love with her.

She has cherry-red hair and eyes. In a way, she almost looked like the Red Mermaid Princess, with the exception of the hair length.

I saved her from the net and we both fell for each other. She left to return home without telling me her name and the next day, a girl name Mitsuaki appeared in my life. I felt conflicted. We spend a lot of time together and the more I did, I fell in love with her. On her eighteenth birthday, she took the courage and confessed her feelings to me. I was surprised that she confessed first because I didn't think she'd had feelings for me, even though we spend a lot of time together. We decided to meet in front of this house, this very house that Mitsuaki was very fond of. There, I confessed my feelings to her. She was the happiest girl I've ever seen.

However... On one December day, we decide to celebrate our confession on a boat ride when a storm came. The wind rocked the boat back and forth very violently. It was then Mitsuaki jumped in the water and showed me her true self. She help took me to safety in a sea cove just around the coast area of the beach. Because she broke the mermaid law by revealing herself to me, the cove was where she died. Her last words to me were"

"Please Kai... In my place, please find new love. Love her as much as you did me. Treasure her as did me... And find happiness in your life." Mitsuaki wished.

"I can't! I love only you!" Kai protested.

"No... You still have a chance to love someone. You see, there is someone who have been watching over you, longer than me. Nee Kai, can you accept a request of mine?" Mitsuaki asked.

"What is it?" Kai questioned.

"My request... No, my final wish, is that you don't forget about me." Mitsuaki told him.

"I will. I promise that I'll never forget about you!" Kai exclaimed.

Mitsuaki rest easy in his arms and sighs in relief, "Thank goodness. I love you, Kai..."

She told me just before she turned into sea form completely. I later gathered her form and spread it into the sea, where her spirit can be in peace, in the place she was born.

-Flashback Ends-

"I'm sorry." Seira sympathize the man.

"It's alright, Seira. I have always admires the Awami Shrine since its legend was a bittersweet feeling compare to mine which was tragic." he explained.

"Takumi told me of your story, but he seemed to have trouble in finding me." Seira sadly told him.

"Ah, I told him the story when he was about eight years old. However, to prevent the same story that could happen to him, I warned him that his mermaid is probably closer to him then he thinks. He just doesn't know it yet." Kai explained.

"I once told him that too." Seira replied.

"Don't worry to much about it, Seira-chan. Despite that my son can be a bit of a blockhead sometimes, he is headstrong. He'll figure it out someday, sooner or later." Kai assured her.

"Thank you, Kai." Seira replied as she got up from her seat. "I have to get back home or else my people will worry about me." Seira explained as she grabbed her bag.

"Okay." Kai replied as he opened the door for her to get out. "It was nice knowing you, Seira-chan. Come and visit Takumi and I again, alright?"

"Alright." Seira agreed as she waved him goodbye and head her way.

I hope you enjoy this chapter. This is my first time doing this, but here's a little something to look forward to. Next on Undeniable Love...

Coco: Yay, it's almost Winter Break! Let's have a party!

Shika: Why, ten Mermaid Princesses all at once. I am honored. It's quite unfortunate that Miyuki couldn't join us.

Rina: You're Shika!

Takumi: Who's that woman?

Julie: Seira look out!

Lucia: Julie!

Hanon: Shika, we won't forgive you!

Mermaid Princesses: Do you want an encore?

Shika: You'll have to do better than that... He, He, He